CJ Polhamus with a 20 plus pound striper. He used a pencil popper to catch this beauty.
The striped bass fishing has been red hot, if your in the right spot. However, the hot spots have been real hard to find for most, in Cape May County this year. The days of the Cape May rips producing easy limit catches for everyone onboard, are gone. The Delaware Bay chunking bite, not happening. The good news is there are some nice stripers around. Just about the same number of striper bass we had in 1977. The upside, it really thins out the crowds.
Charle and Chip Gruff had no trouble finding these back bay keeper striped bass today.